Elucidate No. 75 - G Talk (Dallas)

I went to Dallas, TX. And, the difference of how strangers behave towards one another there made quite an impression on me. The city is remarkable, huge, and enigmatic in a positive way.

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Show notes:

- Dallas TX: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas

And here's some pictures for you:

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Elucidate No. 34 - Abhishek Mukherjee

Abhishek Mukherjee is an industrial engineer, a photographer, bicycling advocate, film maker, novice hand-tool wood worker, and a philosopher. - We talk about India, social media, and artist economics in the age of the internet.


 Direct link to video: https://youtu.be/1Qy1bw0nQL0
Audio of this podcast can be downloaded here: http://off.li/X4hDm

Show notes: 

- A short film by Abhishek - The Convert: https://vimeo.com/40595463
- Abhishek's Vimeo channel: https://vimeo.com/sighthoundstudio
- Some of Abhishek's photography: http://www.sighthound-studio.com/

- *Abhishek has a tumbr, but it got hacked. However, if you scroll down there's some good photos by him (if you know how to fix this, please help): http://2000degreeskelvin.com/

Abhishek's hacked tumbler post

Things we talked about:

- India: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India
- Revenge Of The Record Labels: How The Majors Renewed Their Grip On Music:
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/
- They took our jobs!: https://youtu.be/2ZBYLIUqmIs
- Facebook's Trust Engineering Department: http://www.radiolab.org/story/trust-engineers/
- Song Exploder - Dissecting songs with the artists who made them: http://songexploder.net/

Elucidate No. 29 - Diggie Vitt

Diggie Vitt is a nomadic conceptual photographer, musician, and all around artist. - We talk about the creative process, photography, Tom Waits, living as an artist, and some about his travels.




Direct link to video: https://youtu.be/FqbTdsIqAKg
Audio of this podcast can be downloaded here: http://off.li/jzt3m




Show notes: 

- Diggie Vitt's photography on tumblr: http://diggievitt.tumblr.com/
- Diggie's website: www.diggievitt.com
- Diggie's facebook page: ttps://www.facebook.com/diggie.vitt

Things we talked about:

- A take on the creative process; http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/02/19/tiffany-shlain-creative-process/
- Another illustration of the creative process: http://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/the-4-stages-of-creativity.html
- What country music was about in 2013: https://youtu.be/WySgNm8qH-I
- Tom Waits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Waits
- Desperado Soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-j413oAMf8
- Kiko and the Lavender Moon by Los Lobos: https://youtu.be/ornSpLMUzbw
- Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You (TV): https://youtu.be/7kGPhpvqtOc
- Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You (Album version): https://youtu.be/PwXai-sgM-s
- Leonard Cohen: http://www.leonardcohen.com/home
- David Choe - Facebook's Graffiti Artist Says Life Unchanged by $200 Million:
 http://abcnews.go.com/Business/facebooks-graffiti-artist-david-choes-life-unchanged-200/story?id=15543816
- Does the internet/social-networking kill creativity?: https://medium.com/@thrillerchick/how-social-networking-kills-the-creative-spirit-e22728594519
- David Byrne: 'The internet will suck all creative content out of the world': http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/11/david-byrne-internet-content-world
- "Woomp! There It Is": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoomp!_(There_It_Is)
- Some of the major songs that Led Zeppelin stole: https://youtu.be/tiiY4ciKFQA
- Another list of this Led Zeppelin situation: http://turnmeondeadman.com/led-zeppelin-plagiarism/